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I have recently started thinking about becoming a vegetarian. My grandparents, on both sides, died of heart disease and I know I am following down the same path if I don’t do something soon. I also want to teach my kids that they can live without fast food like Mc Donalds and Burger King. Can someone tell me how I can go about incorporating this into their lives and mine. Also, what kind of dinners you come up with? I really appreicate it! One more thing, my husband isn’t into this at all, so what do I do when my husband refuses to change and keeps offering to take the kids to fast food places?
Just to let you know, when I say fast food I mean the happy meals and the kids meals. Also, I hear that fish has a lot of mercury in it. I eat about 2 or 3 cans of tuna a week. Is that really bad for me?
I have to say, after doing some research, chicken will never be on the menu at my house again. I am leaning towards a more vegetarian lifestyle. My husband can follow if he wants to and my kids will still drink milk and eat eggs, but I will no longer cook meat, pork or chicken. I guess I’m just looking for some good ideas for meals now.
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That is a very good consideration. I recommend that you do your research first. I went vegetarian myself about a year ago. I didn’t listen to anyone but myselft. That is the reason I am still a vegetarian and my family slowly followed suite. They saw how easy I made it (living in Texas the red meat capital) and how much better it made me feel. I have more energy now and feel less sick. Before I would always feel sick and have a constant migraine. Now I don’t have that problem any more and my allergies have drastically improved.
The reason why I chose to go vegetarian is because (now this is from my college biology class) the only bad cholestrol comes from animals and animal by products (like butter and cheese).
Try checking out http://www.goveg.com and http://www.peta.org for more information. They have good strong verifiable facts on their website.
Don’t worry about losing protein as a lot of people will say because there are a lot of other things out their that give you more protein enriched with nutrients that meat. For instance soy, tofu, and lentils.
Also remember that the energy you receive from animals are a decreased amount they first received from eating lesser animals that ate plants. By the time you eat them you receive even less concentrated energy. (also can be found in any biology textbook). You might as well hit the source and take in the maximum amount of energy yourself. I by the way never experience or have experienced any type of weakness due to becoming a vegetarian. That is why I stronlgy encourage you to do your research first. It helps you make better decisions as a vegetarian.
There are healthy choices out there in the Fast Food world Like non-fried chicken, Sandwiches, and Fish. Pizza is the worst of them all. Just make heathier choices and use poultry like chicken or turkey instead of red meat. Fish is a also a great option, it’s very good for you has lots of protien and is low in fat. Stay away from the frieds and you should be fine.
parents don’t have to agree — you can agree to disagree. just don’t disagree for the sake of disagreeing especially in front of the kids.
vegetarian diets aren’t the best answer to heart disease. lean meats are better than dairy and processed foods. the dressing on your salad and the cheese sauce on your broccoli are a much bigger problem than a chicken breast.
i was involved in the kitchen at a very early age. i learned to cook and while kids like the "fun" of mcdonalds i don’t turn to mcdonalds for a meal when i can cook up some cacciatore instead. i think learning to do things as a family is important to develop personal skills. if your kids are young simple things like washing vegetables and cranking a hand crank pasta maker are lots of fun. you don’t have to hand them knives or expect them to deal with the stove to be a big help in the kitchen.
if you are forced to compete with mcdonalds than think like mcdonalds. kids like food that is kid sized, they can eat it with their fingers and if they can dip it in something then that is even better. you don’t have to reinvent french fries and chicken nuggets — just improve them. when i was a kid i was crazy for chunks of raw veggies dunked in nasty stuff like french and russian dressing.
if you want to win your husband over show him how home cooked meals are cheaper and easier than mcdonalds. you can throw fries in the oven and lean burgers on the grill in the same time it takes to drive through mcdonalds.
Why is it so difficult…you are or aren’t…is it for the reason that people are naturally omnivores
First of all it shocked me to hear your husband keeps offering to take the kids to fast food joints which is extremely unhealthy especially since it has meat in it(even lean meats contain at least 10% saturated and trans fat)To get my skeptical friends from disagreeing with me being a vegetarian I showed them meet your meet on the Peta website(extremely disturbing and disgusting how people can kill animals like that and abuse them in any way)to teach your kids to learn to eat healthy food just find recipes that they’ll love like sloppy joes was always a favourite of mine and remains my "feel better food". You could also sneak some veggies into other meals(extra lettuce, cucumber, carrots, spinach)especially in things that are all ready packed with food.eg: lasagna, pitas,veggie burgers. Hope this helped!
You do realize that there is an entire world’s worth of range for food choices between McDonalds McCrap and going fully vegetarian, don’t you?
How about cooking a roast chicken with rosemary and lemon, a large green salad with balsamic, steamed peas, and crusty bread? That’s sounds pretty healthy, and your kids will learn to eat real food too.
Oh, don’t forget the glass of milk.